Surgical clip.



O. VON HERFF.

SURGICAL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1914.

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OTTO VON HERFF, OF BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

SURGICAL CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed May 12, 1914. Serial No. 837,972.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO v02: HERFF, citizenof Switzerland, residing at Basel, Switzerland, have invented certainnew and use ful Improvements in Surgical Clips; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a surgical clip, adapted tobe applied to the lips of a wound, having means whereby the jaws areguided, one by the other, so as to obtain greater accuracy in applyingthe device to the wound.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure l is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side view.

The clip shown, formed of elastic wire, has two limbs a, Z), whichdiverge from a loop made in the wire and are then bent toward eachother, so as to make an irregular triangle, the base of which is formedby two straight limb parts or rods, whereof the axes are substantiallyparallel. Vhere the limbs meet, at the center of the base of thetriangle, the limb a is bent to make a loop or eye 0, and the limb Z)passes through this eye. Both limbs are bent away from the triangle atthe sides of the eye 0, and terminate in the jaws (Z, c, of the clip. Itwill be seen that the eye 0 maintains the limbs a and b in such relationto each other that the jaws must meet when the clip closes.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is A surgical clip comprising a single integral lengthof flexible wire, said clip including an inverted triangular portionwith a tension loop at the apex thereof, and the base consisting of twosubstantially coaxial straight limbs or rods, each approximately onehalf the length of said base, a loop formed in one of said limbs at thecenter of said base and in line with but at right angles to the plane ofsaid tension loop, said limb being bent substantially at right angles tosaid base beyond said second mentioned loop to form a jaw portion, andsaid second limb passing through said second mentioned loop with a snugfit and also bent beyond said loop substantially at right angles to saidbase to form a second jaw portion adapted to coact with said firstmentioned jaw portion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. OTTO VON HERFF. IVitnesses:

U'rro HOEGEL, WERNER RUMPF v. SALIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G."

